dragon2777

so i was at The Next Hope Conference last weekend and picked up a $10 Arduino from The Makerspace and it is pretty cool. They call it the Picodiuno Fits in the breadboard and all that good junk. I had emailed them because I had a problem and they got back to me right away. I just felt that I had to say something about it. You can order them online at http://www.themakerspace.com It needs and FTDI cable or breakout they seem to be out of them at the moment but was told in the email that they will be back in stock next week

donkahones

dragon2777

well the hackduino is $8 but you need to have or get all the parts and if you have to get some then you may have to pay shipping and the Picoduino is smaller fits in tight places better and its an already created board

Tchnclfl

Ah, another one of my favorites . If I wasn't too scared of damaging the chip, I'd try that out. As it is, I put EVERYTHING in DIP sockets just in case I ever want to re-purpose it (yes, even $0.10 555 timers ).

Yeah - I think that kind of stuff borders on "art", as I've stated before; its akin to other Japanese art forms like origami or bonsai. Maybe when I get my shop fully in order I might try it myself.

Where it would be interesting to apply, though, would be into "advanced" forms of BEAM robotics...

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As it is, I put EVERYTHING in DIP sockets just in case I ever want to re-purpose it (yes, even $0.10 555 timers).

Just the other day as I was organizing my IC parts, I had a few 555s (along with LM386s and other such 8-pin parts), and I was thinking "does anybody still use these"; its nice to see people still do!

I have so many old parts (lots of 74xx TTL stuff - most of it LS) that I wonder if I should keep or not; I figure I have to keep it, especially if I ever start to muck around with my Altair...might need 'em as spare parts...

I will not respond to Arduino help PM's from random forum users; if you have such a question, start a new topic thread.